金枝玉葉

See also: 金枝玉叶

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	branch; (a measure word)	jade	leaf; page
trad. (金枝玉葉)		金	枝	玉	葉
simp. (金枝玉叶)		金	枝	玉	叶
Literally: “golden branches, jade leaves”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnzhīyùyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓ ㄩˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zi¹ juk⁶ jip⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ gi¹ ghêg⁸ hioh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzhīyùyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓ ㄩˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinjhihyùyè
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chih¹-yü⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: jīn-jr̄-yù-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinjyyuhyeh
    • Palladius: цзиньчжиюйе (czinʹčžijuje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ zi¹ juk⁶ jip⁶
    • Yale: gām jī yuhk yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzi¹ juk⁹ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ji¹ yug⁶ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² jiːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ gi¹ ghêg⁸ hioh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim ki ge̍k hio̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ ki³³⁻²³ ɡek̚⁴⁻² hioʔ⁴/

Idiom

金枝玉葉

1. delicate and rare branches and leaves
2. (figurative) person of royal lineage; descendants of aristocracy

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金枝玉葉):

• → Japanese: 金(きん)枝(し)玉(ぎょく)葉(よう) (kinshigyokuyō)
• → Korean: 금지옥엽(金枝玉葉) (geumjiogyeop)
• → Vietnamese: kim chi ngọc diệp (金枝玉葉)